ἔφεδρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐφέδρᾱ (ephédrā) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.pʰe.dros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.pʰe.dros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.ɸe.ðros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.fe.ðros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.fe.ðros/
Adjective
ἔφεδρος • (éphedros) m or f (neuter ἔφεδρον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ἔφεδρος éphedros |
ἔφεδρον éphedron |
ἐφέδρω ephédrō |
ἐφέδρω ephédrō |
ἔφεδροι éphedroi |
ἔφεδρᾰ éphedră | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐφέδρου ephédrou |
ἐφέδρου ephédrou |
ἐφέδροιν ephédroin |
ἐφέδροιν ephédroin |
ἐφέδρων ephédrōn |
ἐφέδρων ephédrōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐφέδρῳ ephédrōi |
ἐφέδρῳ ephédrōi |
ἐφέδροιν ephédroin |
ἐφέδροιν ephédroin |
ἐφέδροις ephédrois |
ἐφέδροις ephédrois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἔφεδρον éphedron |
ἔφεδρον éphedron |
ἐφέδρω ephédrō |
ἐφέδρω ephédrō |
ἐφέδρους ephédrous |
ἔφεδρᾰ éphedră | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἔφεδρε éphedre |
ἔφεδρον éphedron |
ἐφέδρω ephédrō |
ἐφέδρω ephédrō |
ἔφεδροι éphedroi |
ἔφεδρᾰ éphedră | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἐφέδρως ephédrōs |
ἐφεδρότερος ephedróteros |
ἐφεδρότᾰτος ephedrótătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: έφεδρος (éfedros)
Further reading
- “ἔφεδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἔφεδρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ἔφεδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔφεδρος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011